TheZapper Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 Hi all, this is the first project I've decided to post for some feedback, so go easy! This is the Revell F-15E Strike Eagle, but rather than doing a boring grey US one I decided to try some digital camo in a Israeli colour scheme. The camo was all painted using masks I cut out with my Silhouette Portrait die cutting machine. The weapons loadout is supposedly the same one they used on a long range precision bombing mission, I forget the name. I used as many generic decals from the kit as possible, but also custom printed the special Israeli ones. I didn't pre-shade, but base-coated in black, panel lines were done by lightly scratching the paint out with a scriber to uncover the base colour. I know some people like this kit, but I'm not a fan. There were some large gaps in the wing joins, and just behind the cockpit was a real PITA to try and smooth out. The fuselage near the back needed a lot of work and I seem to remember the conformal tanks or bomb pylons not being too friendly. I'm sorry to say I only took 3 pictures before it got smashed to bits by a camera falling on it. :-( After debating whether to bin it or not, I did some repairs to fit all the broken bits back on, the front gear had snapped so I had to drill out the leg and wire it up. The worst part was the nosecone had split down the seam that I was so proud of having made invisible, and I couldn't be bother to fix that. I also lost some of the bits from the cockpit, they just vanished in the crash. Oh well, I don't keep my models anyway, so I took it to work and it's lived up on a filling cabinet gathering dust ever since. 32 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 Man that’s good!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 ... WOW Thats Unique and different. Shame it got damaged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheZapper Posted July 6, 2018 Author Share Posted July 6, 2018 Cheers guys. The weird thing was, when I found out what had happened I wasn't totally bummed out. I think if it had got smashed before I'd finished I'd have been more wee weed off. Like i said, I don't keep any of my models so it's not like I had a display case ready and waiting. As for the uniqueness, I like doing different, I'm considering painting my Meng F-35 in Russian camo as a "what if?", and I might do my F-22 in the original Starscream colours (I already painted a 1/72 F-15 like it). I have a few Flankers in the stash that I'm tempted to try a hexagon shaped camo, we'll see.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris148 Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 THATS PRETTY DAMN FINE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 Superb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike c Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 Very nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinnie Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 Don't usually comment on fast pointy a/c but what a nice paint job. Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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